BURN TREATMENT CENTER'S FOUNDER RECEIVES AWARD.Byline: Virginia Gonzalez Daily News Staff Writer Dr. A. Richard Grossman Richard Grossman is the former co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD). He is co-author of Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation. He lectures widely on issues of corporate power, law and democracy. , founder and director of the Sherman Oaks Burn Center, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Children's Burn Foundation. Grossman, a 63-year-old plastic surgeon plastic surgeon A surgeon specialized in reconstruction or cosmetic enhancement of various body regions, most commonly the face–nose, chin, and cheeks, breasts and buttocks; PSs remove fat deposits through liposuction; PSs reduce scarring or disfigurement from Hidden Hills, was honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. at a dinner Thursday in the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Colleagues in the foundation said he has turned the Sherman Oaks facility into one of the finest of its kind in the nation. The dinner also served as a fund-raiser for the Children's Burn Foundation, an organization headed by Grossman. Grossman thanked the audience for the award and praised the late actor McLean Stevenson McLean Stevenson (November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996) (full name Edgar McLean Stevenson, Jr.), born in Normal, Illinois, was an American actor most recognized for his role as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake on the TV series M*A*S*H. , who served on the Children's Burn Foundation board, for dedicated service to the cause. Students in sixth through ninth grades can get a head start on planning for college at a free three-hour program to be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Cal State University, Northridge. Sponsors said the program - "College: Making It Happen" - will help students and their parents prepare academically and financially for higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . Representatives of area colleges will give hints on topics ranging from what kind of high school courses students should take to how soon they should start applying for college admission. They also will talk about available scholarships and other financial aid and answer questions from students and parents. A video developed through the collaborative efforts of California's education systems at all levels - kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through college - will also be shown. The program will be held at the Cal State North Ridge Student Union, 18111 Nordhoff Street. More information can be obtained by calling Fidel Ramirez, the program's coordinator, at (818) 885-2967. |
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